{"id":1608,"date":"2016-01-20T11:51:38","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2016-01-20T11:51:38","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:51:38","slug":"wwe-royal-rumble-pre-show-match-is-a-rumble-match-qualifier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowrestling.net\/site\/2016\/01\/20\/wwe-royal-rumble-pre-show-match-is-a-rumble-match-qualifier\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Royal Rumble pre-show match is a Rumble match qualifier"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"prowr-2051061613\" class=\"prowr-apple-podcast-button-link prowr-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/pro-wrestling-boom-podcast\/id1365989370\" aria-label=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?fit=320%2C78&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SUBSCRIBE IN APPLE PODCASTS\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?w=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/prowrestling.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/advanced_ads\/2019\/07\/Logo2019_ApplePodcasts_320wide.png?resize=300%2C73&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" width=\"320\" height=\"78\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>WWE announced a Fatal 4-Way match as the Kickoff Show match for Sunday&#8217;s Royal Rumble event. 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The winning team will qualify for the Royal Rumble.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Powell&#8217;s POV:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0Mark Henry was once advertised for the match, but then he was pulled from the advertising, so read into that whatever you will when it comes to this match.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prowr-2051367503\" class=\"prowr-after-content prowr-entity-placement\"><a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/show\/pwboom\" data-resource=\"show_id=3275525\" data-theme=\"light\" data-playlist=\"show\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"340px\">Listen to \"Pro Wrestling Boom Podcast\" on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE announced a Fatal 4-Way&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":57,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,2,4],"tags":[241,242,147,387],"class_list":["post-1608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustreadarticles","category-newsticker","category-wwe_news","tag-jack-swagger","tag-mark-henry","tag-royal-rumble","tag-the-dudley-boyz"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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